PODIGGER Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Spent the day on the Peace River yesterday with some success. I was concerned, after the recent rains, that the river was getting too high. I was still able to get to my latest spot via kayak (just made it under one downed tree). Found a few nice Megs, Snaggletooth, Horse teeth and Tiger shark. Also, found a few items I can't identify. I have purchased a copy of Vertebrate Fossils: A Neophyte's Guide along with Fossiling In Florida to help ID the finds. As a novice I am enjoying the learning experience and am grateful that the Forum is here to help when I am stumped. So here is the first item I could use some assistance with: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Very worn cetatean ear bone. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PODIGGER Posted May 16, 2019 Author Share Posted May 16, 2019 Thank you ynot! That was a very quick response! Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 1 hour ago, PODIGGER said: Thank you ynot! That was a very quick response! Jim Your welcome. Maybe @Boesse can identify it more precisely. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 I think it might actually be a tilly bone. Pretty small for an cetacean earbone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Carl said: I think it might actually be a tilly bone. Pretty small for an cetacean earbone. A partial at 1.5 inches seems well within the range I have seen for dolphin ear bones. 1 Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 6 hours ago, Carl said: I think it might actually be a tilly bone. Pretty small for an cetacean earbone. I'm sure many cetaceans died while juvenile. 1 Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 47 minutes ago, Mark Kmiecik said: I'm sure many cetaceans died while juvenile. It is My understanding that the ear bones are full sized upon birth and do not get larger as the cetatean ages. 1 Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 2 minutes ago, ynot said: It is My understanding that the ear bones are full sized upon birth and do not get larger as the cetatean ages. Interesting. Thank you. I will read up on it. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 This is actually quite interesting - this is a "kelloggithere" baleen whale earbone; we use the informal joke nickname "kelloggithere" for a group of whales formerly called "cetotheres" described by Kellogg from the Calvert/Choptank formations (Parietobalaena, Diorocetus, Aglaocetus, etc.). This is very very similar to Parietobalaena which is typically middle Miocene. To my knowledge this might be a new record for Florida. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PODIGGER Posted May 31, 2019 Author Share Posted May 31, 2019 Thank you Boesse for this new information. Maybe this is one I should make the state licensing office aware of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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